Vocabulary with a C | The Law in B Law | Law and computers | Restoring our laws | Civil or Criminal |
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Case Law
Laws made when an an appellate court endorses a rule to be used in deciding court cases
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Jurisdiction
Power of a court to decide a case
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Cyber Law
Law intended to govern the use of computers in e-commerce and the internet
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English Common Law
Legal system used in 49 states is based on this
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Civil Law
Law dealing with the disputes between individuals
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Code
Laws grouped in an organized form
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Laws
Enforced rules of a society
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US Department of Defense
Origin of the internet
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Injunction
Prohibits something from being done
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Civil Law
In this type of litigation no one gets incarcerated
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Common Law
Laws based on customs of a group
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Equity
Basic fairness
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1960
In what year was the groundwork for for the internet put into place
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Precedent
Courts use prior cases as guides to decide similar new cases
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Criminal Law
Deals with crime and legal punishment
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Criminal Law
Group of laws defining and setting punishments for offenses against society
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Substantive Law
Group of laws that defines rights and duties
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International law
Law that determines international cases
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Supreme Court
The final interpreter of the federal Constitution
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Criminal Law
Drug and narcotic offenses, kidnapping, burglary
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Common Law
Laws based on customs of a group
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Stare decisis
Doctrine requiring lower courts to adhere to existing case law in making decisions
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Minimum contacts rule
Most e-businesses are judged by this rule
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Bill of Rights
First 10 amendments to the US Constitution
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Civil law
Elder law, contracts, personal injury
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